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The National tribune., 1887-12-01

IT is very easy to talk about the major
ity of the real fighting soldiers being outside
of the GAR" but quite another thing to
furnish facts which will support this asser-
ton. One list showing that in any town
there are more good fighting soldiers outside
the local Post than there is in it, would be
worth several miles of blatant editorials
We challenge the whole mass of soldier
hating papers, from Maine to California, to
produce just one such list in the "a States
north of the Potomac and the Ohio. Come,
gentlemen, give US just one. Put up or
shut up.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
CHRISTMAS PREsENTs.

Here are a few very acceptable Christmas
presents, which we send so as to save the
donors money:
The Waterbury Watch is as useful and ac-
ceptable present as can be given boy or a
man, for it is as good timekeeper as there il
made. See terms in another column.
"Dictens's Complete IPorks" will be welcomed
by any man, woman or boy. See description
and terms in another column.
"Cdmpfre and Memorial POEMS" by Mrs. Kate
Il. Sherwood, is charming volume of verse.
which any old soldier, or any one interested in
the war, will appreciate. We will send IL hand
somely bound in cloth for 81, or in cloth and
gold for Sl.5O.
beautiful Homes AID HOtu 10 Make Them ia
as delightful present as can be given a girl
or woman of any age. lt is full of the inlor-
nation she most wants to know about making
herself and her home attractive. Ii is full of
patterns for all kinds of fancy work, full direc-
tions accompanying, with fine illustrations: is
printed OH fine, heavy paper, and bound so
handsomely as TO be an ornament for any GEN.
ter table. We will send the book to any ad-
dress for s. 30, or it and The NATIONAL TRIR.
UNE for one year, for -.
Our Flag and is Hstory.-This is beautiful.
brilliantly-eolored chart, representing all the
the adoption Of the Star Spangled Banner. and
out of which il was evolved. IL makes a fine
ornament for the walls of parlor or sitting
room or Post. We send it securely inclosed
in a stout tube for 80 cents
GAR. Certificate, an DISQUALIFICATION IN
chart with military and GAR. emblems.
When filled out with a veterans name and
military history il is a splendid ornament. We
will send it packed in strong pasteboard tube
upon receipt of so cents.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. d. C., DECEMBER ]. 1857.
ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

IN TIE FALLEY-Tbe Shenandoah Cam
paign Of 1862 by Gen. Henry Capeharh
Fargo, Dak.
ACROSS TIE PLAINS.-A NarratiCe Of a
HTH Western Trip IN 1867 By W. Thorn
tOa Patcr tate Acting assistant Surgeon,
Us. H., Netoport, r.. l.
on 10 RICHNOND.--A Graphic NdrYatire
Of Capture and Captivity. By George B.
Crawford, Co. G, Isl w. "a, H'eiisJarg, W. Ia.
HAHKTNSS ZOUATES.-The First Boyo-
sci Charge By j. II. Z. lThitaey, Sergeant,
Co. B, 9M ~ L., Ncic IOrk O3y
PERRTFILLE.-Th Battle as Seen By an
krfiHcrymaa. By w. H. Bal, 18Th ITiS.
Battery, Eden, OAK.
CABABA PRTSOK--Lifc and Death IN his
Place u Confinement. By q. j. IrcnomaR.
LEHISBURG.-Co Campaigning and Fighting
ia Hest Virginia. By Join z. Booth, Ser
gent. Co. G, 36h Ohio, HaflCeH, q.
TEE WILD CAYS.n-Something AJOut dte
105h Pa. By"K. H. s."
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
CoDDLING JEFF DAVIS.

The Atlanta Constitution says that before
JEFF Davis left Macon some gentlemen of
that town determined to give him "a fitting
memento of Macon hospitality" This is
the way they carried out that amiable in
tention: Making up a purse of $500, they
sent it to Park & Tilford, New York, with
instructions to send an assortment of their
finest liquors. 1t came in mahogany case,
no two bottles, except those containing
champagne, alike, and the Maconites who
were allowed to see the inside of the case say
that sad, o-near-and-yet-so-far feeling
rather got the better OF them.
AT the time these generous Maconites were
lavishing their money to tickle the palate
The National tribune., 1887-12-01

1T is foolishness, pure or impure, and sim
pie to talk about the GAR. being a parti-
san organization. Everybody in it knows
this is not true, and every decently-informed
man outside of it is equally certain of it.
The politicians of all stripes inside the Order
can find plenty of room for the exercise of
their talents outside OF the Order, and, to do
them justice, they are usually the men who
are most careful about the introduction OF
nolitics
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
NDoRsING THE BILL.

Some of the Posts are yet voting on the
Disability Pension Bill proposed by the
GAR. National Pension Committee, but
the result is everywhere the same. The ra-
ito shown by the consolidated returns at
headquarters of 125 votes in favor to one
against it is still maintained.
There can be no overestimation of the i'm
portance of this splendid solidarity of the
veterans on this most important matter.
1t means everything for the disabled veter-
ans and their dependent ones, to whom just
ice has been so long denied. There can
now be no more pretense by anyone as to
what the ex-soldiers of the country really
want for their disabled comrades. They
have spoken in way which admits of no
mistake as to its meaning There never
was such unanimity on any question by any
class of men in the whole history of the
country, and never even an approach to
such unanimity by the soldiers since they
were mustered out of service at the close of
the war.
With this showing before it Congress will
be more willing than ever to pass bill that
will substantially accord with that so over
whelmingly Endorsed by the comrades, and
we feel confident that the President will see
his way clear to signing it.
We congratulate ourselves and the COM
rades upon the brilliant success which has
followed and is likely to follow adherence
to the policy which we have necessarily
urged upon the comrades; that is, to ask a
them. This is the only way to fight our
battle for justice and soldiers rights.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
NO REDUCTION UNTIL THE DEBTS ARE
PAID.


We want to impress upon the comrades
the duty of setting their faces firmly against
any tampering with the Nations revenues
until the country discharges its debts to
those who saved its very existence The
most of the talk-if not all-of reduction
is inspired by those who want to see the
power of the Nation to pay pensions de-
stroyed, in order to stop all pension legisla-
ton. Their pretense of sympathy for the
taxpayer is all sham. The taxpayer is not
complaining He is not oppressed, and has
asked for no relief, for he is not conscious
that he is taxed. He is willing that the
present system shall go on indefinitely for
all that it bothers him. 1t is the men who
want to empty the Treasury in order to
defraud the veterans and their dependent
ones who are making all the clamor.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D. Co. THURSDAY

Of the aged arch-rebel with the daintiest
liquors the cellars Of New York could fur
nish, there were hobbling about the streets
of Macon scores Of men who were MANNED
into abject helplessness in trying to further
this inscriptions demagog's fendish ambi-
ton. There were within the municipal limits
possibly a hundred widows whose protectors
had been torn away from them to die on the
battlefield that this man might crafty his
unhOly lust for power.
What thought was there for these poor vic
Tins of the plots and intrigues Of the man
who would
Wade through slaughter to a throne,
And shut the gates Of mercy mankind'
There was little heed of them and their
misery as there was in 1861, when their
peace and happiness and that of millions of
others were readily interrupted by the sum-
mons 10 the field to fight a cruel and cause
less war for the benefit of this hoary-headed
conspirator.
The $500 expended in giving JEFF Davis
"a fitting memento of Macon hospitality"
would have bought artificial limbs for quite
a number of his crippled victims, or sup
ported through the Winter in tolerable COM
fort half score of the aged women who
were widowed by his treason, but neither
the generous" donors nor the selfish recipi-
ent took any thought of that.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
THEY ARE THE PLOTTING MEN.


The attempt Of the soldier-hating men to
discredit the GAR. by the allegation that
it does not really represent the men who
fought the battles Of the country, will not
deceive anyone who does not want 10 be de-
ceived. No man will believe it but one who
wants to believe any lie or Islander that will
belittle the men who saved the country's
existence
The roster Of any Post will give the lie to
this allegation. There is no secret about the
membership of any Post or the military
services of those who compose it. On the
contrary, the Post is proud to have its roster
studied, and its claims to public consdera-
tion scrutinized.
Most large Posts now so to the expense of
printing rosters which contain the COM
rade's name, rank, company, regiment and
length of service. The distribution of these
is so free that they may be said to be in
general circulation.
A casual examination Of any one of these
rosters by one who knows anything of the
history of the war will demonstrate that the
membership represents more desperate, hard
fighting than was ever known in the history
Of the world before our war. If the exam
liner is acquainted with the community in
which the Post is situated he will be COM
PEELED TO admit, after comparing the roll OF
members with n list of the ex-soldiers who
are still outside Of the Order, that while
there are yet many good, faithful, fighting
veterans yet on the outside, that the bulk OF
them are inside, and that most of those OF
inferior records are ON the outside.
There is good reason for this. The longer
any man served in his young and plastic
days, the more the spirit of organization and
feeling of comradeship became an essential
part Of his nature, and the more likely he i:
TO seek association with his comrades in hi,
later years. The man who in his youth hat
three long years of close companionshiI
with other soldiers, and the habits of sucl
associations forced upon him, is much NOR,
strongly inclined TO seek a continuance o
such association than the man who only haC
three months of such an experience. As
rule he is enthusiastic in GAR. work an,
objects in proportion TO the length and i'm
portance of his service.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01

as we had in 1850. Instead of forty-three
billions we should have been fortunate to
have ten billions. All the increase from
mems labor would have been devoured by
standing armies and hordes of officials, made
necessary by the disrupted country. Instead
OF capital seeking our shores from all over
the world, il would have fed affrighted from
us Instead Of every young man being en-
gagged in productive toll in the shops or fields,
hundreds of thousands of them would have
had TO be constantly under arms, guarding
the frontiers against each other, repelling
raids and hostile demonstrations. Industry
would have been paralyzed and commerce
ruined.
The good work of the veterans did not end
with their valiant service at the front. The
millions Of young men who fought the battles
ofthe country returned home at the conclusion
of the war; and became its most energetic
workers in building up its prosperity. How
important was their share in the great work
of creating the enormous wealth of the
country can be demonstrated by taking the
State Of Kansas for an example. The popu-
lation of that State is almost wholly made
up of men who served in the Union army
and their families. In 1850 the value of
the property of the State was estimated
at S3l ,237, sos. In 1855 the influx of veterans
to the State began, and in 1870 the property
was estimated at s1ss,s92,O Ola, or six times
what it was in 1S6O. In 1850 the estimated
valuation was S575,OOO,OOO-three times
what il was in 1870, and Is times what it
was in 1S60. That is, in 20 years the $780,
600 people in Kansas have by their industry
aid thrift added S544,OOOOOO to the wealth
Of the country, or more actual property
than there is in either Alabama, Arkansas,
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisi-
ana, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire,
North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Caro-
lima, Vermont or West Virginia. The veterans
ofKansas have actually dug out of the ground
since they were mustered out of the service
of the United States more wealth than there
was in wealthy States like Connecticut
Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, New jersey
North Carolina, South Carolina and Ten.
nessee at the outbreak of the war.
Everywhere else the veterans have done
as well as in Kansas. We have selected
Kansas as an example, because the proper
tion of veterans TO population is larger there
than in any other State, and there they had
a virgin country upon which they built q
State almost from the foundation.
This shows that the veterans as a mass
are no more idlers and spendthrifis in civil
life than they were towards and coffee.
coolers in time of war. The marvellous
building up of such States as Iowa, Kansas
Nebraska, Minnesota and Dakota are a:
splendid monuments TO the veterans of the
country as Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Atlantis
and Appomattox.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01

Is perfect little library ia itself 1t is inyal-
liable for schOol-children, for il answers all
their innumerable questions al once and accu-
rately, giving them information that they
might have 10 hunt through volumes before
finding. IL Is Of equal value TO all classes Of
readers, FOR il explains who people, countries
aud things arc who are constantly alluded 10 In
the papers, magazines and books one reads The
CYCLIC edia viii be sent postage paid, TO any
one WHO sends a club Of six yearly subscribers
TO THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, OF il viii be sent
70 any subscriber Of the paper on receipt Of 90
ccnts.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01

THE announcement that Clara Louise
kellogg has been married reminds us of the
complaint made by the tenors who used to
sing love parts with her that her kisses pro-
duced chilblains.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01

THE news from Europe shows how deter
minedly the Germans push their commerce.
The great Empire of Russia contains over
100000 people. These are nearly all
engaged in agriculture, which they pursue
in the crudest, most laborious way. The
statesmen of Russia are striving to increase
the national wealth and prosperity by the
development of home manufactures. Bis
marck, at the recent conference between the
Emperors at Berlin, demanded as the price
of German friendship and alliance that the
Car dismiss all of his Ministers who are
active in supporting the policy of eneourag-
ing Russian manufactures to the detriment
of the trade with Germany, and it is asserted
that the Car actually consented to this.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01

NJ. T. Livezey. Newcastle, ii
$. III. Thomas, Rimba, DalS................
C. w. Bennett, Quincy, Mieh-......................
J. Il. Faust, Tulare, IS
C. A. Riggs. Hutsonvil!e
Jos. Stinhagen Siinesville -.....
Alex MehAflie. Osborn
/. Green, Bradford Ark.
james Stanley Lower Salem O...........-.........
C. J. Davis. NckeTson, %
Hosea Young. Grand Rapids. Mich.
l.. w. Fcnt, Big Plains,
A. ii. Nichols, Smiths Flats n. Y................ 10
w. Il. Ball, Saranac, Mich 5
ID. j. Weaver, Grant,
J. b. Phillips, Burlington Kan....................
J. T. Lawyer Thornve, O....-.................... 6
j. A. Ankle. Wheeling, w. 5
Jesse Evans. Rayenna,
Mary Nichols Ansonia, Conn .................. 10
Nat A. Brown, Eureka Cal............. ...... .. 6
l.. Whitney, Billing, 5
Jefferson Cook Leon
G.. L. Wilder West Pembroke, Me................. 5
G. w. Cornwell. Milton, Iowa.. ..... 10
= Donaldson, Caldwell, Kan ........ ............ 8
:. G. Adams GuilfOrd 10
james Swan, New York Mills, ". Y............ z
+. L. Messenger, Kansas City. Mo................. 7
The National tribune., 1887-12-01


SO No, Mr.. III ath-
away, it kin never be.
value you ez a friend,
an / kin almost be a
sister TO you, but my
pa IL never let me
marry any man who
is not n stakeholder
like himself
-" But S'phrony sc o
the dogwoods blossom
Spring alter Spring,
and the pawpaws ripen
Fall alter Fall, an no
young nigger-owner
ever come a-nigh her.
= Meantime ole Nelse. the
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
TRIBUNETS.
COUNTING ON DOG FENNEL CREEK

on remember my tell
in you 'bout'Lije Hath
away's blooded colt
skeetin' out from N un-
der him at the gander-
pullin' on Thanksgivin'
Day. don't YEP" said
old Pokeberry Nose, rs
he furtively conveyed
TO his mouth a half
smoked cigar which q
previous visitor had for
gotten on the desk.
" Yes, l think / Dc" "
" Well, gi' me a match,
my see'gar's done gone
out, an I'll tell YOU
something more bout
hin, w.. o.. 81 81
The National tribune., 1887-12-01

up on to it. SOS to miss
the sink-hole, yelled to
Nelse to hold on tight,
bent the willer up till
he could reach him,
yanked him on to the
ground, lifted him up
on his crupper, rid back
TO shore with him drip
pin like a rat that had
been drowned a week,
and then emptied his
flask into him.
SO Bless We, me chill
drars > said Eha ola
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
TIE RED ACORN.

This most interesting and aby-wrtten
work by John McElroy is now having a very
large sale. and the new edition will soon be
exhausted. Send 81 70 THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UKE aud secure a copy.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE BOOM.

The work of embarrassing goes on from
week to week, with increasing impetus.
This week we have the pleasure of report
ing the following clubs sent in by our friends
in various PARTS of the country:
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
INCREASE or THE CoUNTRY,s WEALTH

lNthtAHA vi HE tbANlh1fS WEALTH.
The census Of 1860 estimated the wealth
of the country at S16l59,G16,OGs. In 1870
this had increased TO S3OiO6s ,5ls, 507, and in
1880 the ESTIMATED true valuation of the
property" Of the Nation aggregated the
enormous sum Of S43642 100000, or more
than treble what il was at the beginning of
the war This is the most astonishing
growth Of wealth Of any Nation in the his
tory Of the world.
The credit Of this is due in very large
measure 10 the veterans of the country. Had
they not fought and endured as they did
none of this enormous increase Of wealth
would have been possible. Had they not
struggled against all manner Of discourage
menus and defeats, rallied boldly and un-
ainchingly after every reverse. and died on
more than 1000 bloody batilefields to pre-
serve the Union and conquer peace, we
would not have had MS much property to-day
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
THE WATERBURY WATCH
Take a Chance While II is offered.

The Waterbury Watch Company has
changed its plan OF conducting business, aud
will henueiorih only sell lis watches through
the gular jewelTy stores
We have still a small number of these
splendid timepieces on hand, which we viii
sell nj the old rates
That is, we will send the watch
FREE OF COST T Tpa G one %aG
send club Of 10 subscribers al 81 eacli-total $40
OR
FOR 80 CENTS x StIi isas ~, We
send a. nine subscribers al 81 cach--total $3.50
FOR IS CENTS @ @if ss@s ny, we
watch, free Of cost 10 any one who viii hereafter
send az eight subscribers-totai 1878
FOR Gl Additional. we viii send the
III NJ watch H. any one who viii here
amer send us seven subscribers AT ~ each-to-ai 50.
FOR $l.25 Aa s aalsS q we sly will dns s s6
will hereafter send us STA subscribers at 81 each
total s7.25.
FOR $5O A., asd @s3ss . we ssr win On. ;sTs a
viii hereafter send us five subscribers at 81 each
total $3.50
FOR Sl.75 S Ss %sss 10 we Ss, win gu. ; sSs
viii hereafter send -four subscribers at 81 each
FOR So Aas9 o. d., we . viii Viz , send t6e
after send us three subscribers al 81 eachtots SIS
FOR 1925 i asd sSsh we ,s will s,iy s en-.
who viii hereafter send us two subscribers at 8
cacl-toial Sl.25.
FOR 60 20 We will will send il to an,
scriber aud has already paid us 81 therefor.
DO not neglect this opportunity,
Go 90 work at once. ID takes bat little work Il
get subscribers 10 the gIBIs NATIONAL TuHuEE.
For - cents extra we viii send the nickel plated
chain and charm. Address
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, I'D. e.
IA There IL no better Christmas prcseut for
boy than one Of these watches.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01

Hare you done your share tOWard doubling
THE NATIONAL TRLBUNE'S cireulatioaP
The National tribune., 1887-12-01

Squire, alter il wuz all over; Lie, you're the
man that I've alters wanted to have S'phrOny"
The National tribune., 1887-12-01

niger. was gittin' more rheumaticky all the
time. an 1t looked quite Doubtful whether
The National tribune., 1887-12-01

sTsnls ~ I'd. ...aIo. ro.1 oral sso0.O o.s. .TTs.
The National tribune., 1887-12-01
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
LII woRLp,s crcLorrnIA

IA There is no better Christmas present for 9
boy than one Of these watches.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-01-06
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER RATES.
The Heavy Reduction that Went Into
Effect the First Instant

The reduction in freight and pas
senger rates over the Oregon Short
Line and Union Pacific Railways
which went into effect on the first in.
slant is much greater than most peo-
pie imagine, and really gives US the
benefit of the rates that have been
charged between the Rocky Noun
tans and the Missouri river during
the past 10 years. The passenger
rates as fixed are now as follows:
Local, five cents per mile in Wyom-
ing, Utah and Idaho; in Nebraska
and Kansas, three cents per mile;
commercial, four cents per mile in
Idaho and Utah; east of Utah three
cents. The half fare system has been
discontinued, and clergymen alone
will, in future, secure half rates
But round trip tickets to points not
over 200 miles away will be sold as
heretofore at all local offices for one
fare and a half Under the new
schedule the fare to Portland, Oregon,
is $3I, instead of 1888 heretofore;
to Boise $l1.25, instead of $3.50;
to Salt Lake City $l7.20; to Glenn's
Ferry $3.50, instead of 1885, round
trip IS So; to Shoshone $2S5 instead
of s4.6O, and round trip $4.3O instead
of 1915; round trip to Ketchum 81,
instead Of 81 each way; to Bellevue
IS cents one way instead OF 40 cents,
and 40 for round trip, instead of so
cents.
On freight the reduction is not SO
pronounced, but it is nevertheless
quite noticeable. The first class rate
remains at 81; but the second is re-
duced from 1915 to 50 40, the third
from $500 to 1888, the fourth
from s2.55 to $22S, and the fifth
from $2.49 to $222. The rate on
ore to Denver and Omaha remains at
S25 per ton.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-01-06
The Best Ronte East.

J. H. Young, travelling passenger
agent of the Chicago and Northwest,
era Railway, and NJ. P. Benton, pas,
senger agent of the Union Pacific
Railway, were in Haley, to-day, on a
trip of inspection. These gentlemen
represent the very best route to and
from Chicago, which runs the finest
trains out of Omaha and Council
Bluffs, with palatiel dining and sleep
ing coaches, and they come to Wood
River to get acquainted with our peo-
Pile and their needs, in order to be of
service to them. Wood Riverites 60
ing East should therefore be sure and
buy tickets via the Union Pacific and
Chicago and Northwestern Railways.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-01-06
Speech Recording.

A promising method of recording
and reproducing speech is that of NJ.
Leon Esquille, by modification of
the photophone. The speaking is
done before a diaphragm having a
highly polished surface, from Which a
ray OF light is reflected, and the rec
ord of this speech is obtained by sim
ply photographing the ray of light
upon a travelling band of sensitized
paper. After having been developed,
the articulation may be reproduced by
projecting the image of the trace by
means of a strong light upon sele
mum receiver, the well-known appa,
ratus for transforming light-impulses
into nd-vibrations, and the speech
is then heard through the telephone
connected.